The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-26 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET ANO 00111MEROIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. i ll !More activity prevails to-d a y i n di scoun t c i rc l es , and the .rates tend upwards. the 182,000 sovereigns were withdrawn f rom 8 Bank yesterday. 'lb further downward t en d ency was apparen t i n eZereign exchanges yesterday afternoon. 441°1110e Monday last the imports of speci have nte d to £206,274, and the exports to to The United Danubian Principalities require a at lll ,_ e f X 616,000, to b e i ssued in 7 per cent. bonds, A tile Pr.ce of 86, paya b le b y instalments to the Ist tr i n ezt• It will b e re d eemed i n 221 years, and thee ° Peration is brought out under the auspices of InaPerial Ottoman Bank, and Messrs. Sterne t!r3thers, acting on behalf of themselves, the In- Financial Society, Society, the Soo :6 Generale Lk ' .dtltpire Ottoman, and others. P r °sPectus was issued this morning of a Danish 4 411 for £278,000, in debentures of £lOO each, t i e4r ed on the payments by Russia for the redemp -I):tth of the Sound dues, and the Custom revenues of be-mlllark generally. It is issued in 5 per cent. de aeotures at 9 4i, which, with discount and interest 9:Ping from the Ist inst., will lower the price to ti Y c iel ding about 6 per cen t. A n equa l proper p( - ()" e ` the bond s w ill b ecome d ue an d b e paid off at am ount ever)! half year, thus extinguishing the whole 'ill co in 121 years. The process of liquidation ce oltnence on May 1. tin t hese d ays of rapid material progress, no con ptient4l nation, France alone e xce pt e d, can k eep a „ ce wi th her n e i g hb ours w i t h out an occas i onal thate e al to the En g li s h money mar k et, and i t i s a sign p er a State i s tolerably well governed and pros ,,ctis when h er Mi nisters can induce first class CoPitalists tc s upport h er cre di t i n t h e market. 0048equently, Prince Couza may be congratulated W j i be names of the contractors for this Moldo ppbaijaellion Loan ; while, on the other hand, the for e are protected by the union of so many power. tii: te , r este, which, by stopping competition, gives atL er 'bere an opportunity of securing an allotment Th e ach lower rate than could have been expected. op e th ic)(lll eojoys, as special security, a first mortgage th tt : L e , C ustoms revenue, which amounts to no less 'our times the requisite annuity, while there egt°°ther stock in existence, whether internal or sternal, With a charge on the general revenue. geth„ l3 ,, ric e at which th e p resen t l oan i s i ssue d , to optitw` With the other advantages, secure a 10 per titl e return to the allottees. A favour. it i s il f e t ature of this loan is, moreover, that cop, °` an exhaustive loan, but a reproductive epo i Th e majo r p ar t o f th e procee d s are to b e ep th s e " to the secularisation of the landed property e xte ° Greek convents in Asiatic Turkey. The vast oli N nt of these estates is almost incredible, and the tb s : resolting from their being owned not only by Por a , tee Proprietors, but by lazy immoveable cor -1101;411 holies, have been incalculable. They will Itiu h ue Properly developed and subdivided, and tilei l r )v a a source of wealth alike to the Govern. - an d the people, tti s i„ Two o'oLocx. ats b. me ea in the English Stock Market to-day itti vi : e n quiet. At first there were several specu but ; sa les, and a decline of 4 per cent. took place 14 01 ; 111 st before the close buyers came forward, l the re ; °Perations caused a recovery. Cons o l s, lee s les t tboreAfter being 90i 91 for transfer, and 89- 8945 , rt„Dome dividend, for account, close at 91 / and d s e 88 1 8 - - 9% tiv elY. The New Threes and Reduce d are Der o.' "L'iachequ3r Bills 5 dis. to par, 41 ' llt a- 106 Bank Stock is 237 a , n a d nd India -- 9. me n th n, m e Foreign Market there was at the coma hrti e—s at of business general depression, but a Per e e l° re action has since occurred. Turkish 6 ttn 2 9ste. 7 11 72; ditto C onso lid es , 47 8 ; Mexi. do.' N ew , 271 ; Greek, 221 23/ ; yariish Passive, 31-1 1; °:t n i do, Certifi ca t es, i ; kb uguese, 47/ 481; the Confederate Loan, 61 62 ; 1 1 the New Egyptian Loan, 1 / prem. itesiness in the Railway Share Market has been G r ' a nd prices have given way to some extent. (I,lle!tt Northern A Stock has declined £3; Cale tpdb." a nd Midland, eac h 15 s . ; G reat E astern, 10s. ; Tde qorth Western, and South Eastern, each 53. Foreign and Colonial undertaking s are a l so 4 44 r 4.1 depressed. E as t Indian have r ece d e d 10 3 ., 11: 1 :est Indian Provincial, 10s. baild Mis ce ll ane ous shares are v eryinac halv'," b arely sustain former prices. City B a nk 5- rece ded to 1262 ; Alli anc e, to 371 ; European, 4134 North B r i t i s h M ercant il e I nsurance , to ,1, G reat 1 7 4 , 11 e Debenture S cr ip of the Atlantic an d - cetera Railway are quoted Ito 2 prem. 1341- ,'., 117 :1`.p., 'TISE( p lINDS—CLOSING PRICES. Pb t ,-.4/srm I) "'eat l ' il ' FUNDS. I n 04 e . e °a 1 11- et C I eOlaut ,r B O W a i lt ! -uee 8 m ew 2 Perueed BB# 9 Do 1 CRS . BB# 98f 4 o 5 Per Cent. 1'41 1 ,, Per c "'• Jan. 1891 Lo -tie eat. Jan. •• • ' ~ e t.r. 8, 3 0 ) 1873 1)0,?, 30 , x ;Y: 8 , expire bthJan.,lBBo b Med. g e °, expire sth April, 1885 — ck rhe a Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — 1 8 I )P tier 1311 1 £l,OOO, 4ec 31 per Cent. .)I6reli. Juno. 4 d ap l3 k a £6OO b_ 0 l k szi g i arid b £loo and £2OO 14),,, e e0 ,,.. t otk, 6/ per Ct. htlii, u /t4 - 7, ...... b tc) s'cv - Ritiir .... MENT SECURITIES. Lo A c el t• 101 1)56 Cent. Per Cent., April 1874 219 44 , ree'nue4ent. July, 1870 .... 1061 6 ' Per 1) L o Cent 0 1 c e , t „. , Oct, 1888 — be,P r , laeatee B li pee •erillt. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — '` , 4t Etee ,;ent . — 4, 4 ,„, Fo b " Paper, 4 per Cent .. 89 4 r - 41 4 4, .t Icii, .z il , 4 0... , 8 IN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 41q14 6 Z.. 4 ) 5 per Cent — 11 1 . 1 Der r Cent . . •• ke n o Cent., 1852-58-60 h b 5 4 A .. 4 t ° A -- `3're 18 63 „, eco 8 6 per C t * 83 21 ift 6 4 41.. en 931 ° e Pe r Ce ' . 1 ,0 e_tol l , lt 'IL, 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. -- 4e A u4p, ..... 4, , 4a ....... 1 0 ' e ria - ' ° ,. tkat )1440 1838 , ... 4 1 'Per C ent. IS6 a nd ~. ), Per r , 1 859 Do 4'2 p e ' r e n t.(lllaremmana Railway) 711 Dog7'lnt ..... 291 9 p .. 90 er o e 1864 Il'tl t , 4 lp, t nt • Anglo-French ti 1 i t e4 - 'IQ Paid e li' 411 1 ell See • — die x d I ) , Q r . tr, fti , 1 1), Ex. 26f 20c b ) 2 ‘ , llt tita . a , 5 per Cent Do 1),[ 43 t . ............... h o t , erred C0 nt..... — A "° 461 (1 NY,.." • • • . r ~, ,e. -rr an . or llt te (Hectares) — th e 0 o res , 4 ON I d per Ct., April 1864 — ip a h 4 1 p er ° _, Aug., 1866 — I.) ° if e r e uctit .• P O 4) k e yer 1 ~,I lt• (Crribarren).. .... .... btl(l••'`)ttiai."4lt., 1862 qi e • . 82i 1.) 0 A te 3 p er ...... b,, 3 pe. ?unr . Cent., 1853 8 ‘14 . 4,e : eel:Lt..; ............ ... • b '4 4 '9 1 14 . '' ' 859 , '7, '9 . , '6O, 62,' . 3 - 4 i 0 per A . ............ ; ... ,48 9 0 2 Per e„_-' nt 1822, s st . .. N I 1 Cen t 1850 .. b o 6 Per c ent ir ...... ° Per 41P, Ail id eeiat, I . 59 ...... tr i i• l3 e r . e - 12,1 , ' B2 .... 871 61 1, 1 4' IP ea ... k eit ‘ , o 4 14 t. %)' pe G r s I?airl ........ Pm d'ieh Nzt i t . Lent • ...... ' • ' • ........ DoAe r ,,,Per 6 ....... 4 ..„„ ti , . era L o 4 ° ' D:f ............. .. b i: :: I) c eitut err e d % h .4 4i ve ........ V 4 h e°4 llt ..... two _ ell t, o : . of ~ Z t1°, 4 h4,144t . -.up not funded - - .. _ Itki.4lerip,lll: _c7eoll7. 0. 0 . 00000.00 0 . 0 . . 0 0 0 13 I , 0 . 6 .s_ it tilo r,,,,A ,) 10 4% ;e0 i t z . . 4.-:u 14:: - put b ° A er ee t a ..... °I. 0 tleootint, t. 186,, ........ b s p Oli. .... ... : ............. — btc: 4 et. eetmcia .................. — ,£ rit.?a,it • 1862 ............. 77 Le 'IT )3 °4 ....... 1 , 0 _ l4l _ 8 ........... • .... • • 71t 1 e b tl ll B63l ,Z tteed 184.3 Itet Nei > 4 Per c ...... 100 I P 'ke 4 a P P ' 44 ° Pa' eat* " " 1 3 4 peeelbater Cent. Id oh 4 _ -r e e .............. • • ''o 6 , - , 0„ nt., 186! .................. 17 i p rtt 2 ... b, tin t • • Q tvid '' 1861 ........ 0440 erws ............. to is It 00 the • .......... 391 40 eabove payable in London 4.P ee eh e 44 t. 7... .... TWO 0 O'CLOCK. log o ........ • ........... 91 ... 11 ..... , 011111 89a 1 x d SHARE This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Share Railways. 13.14. Dir., Wol., and Str. Val. istythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter ! Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall all al) all Do A (A gets no div Do B till apc.pan.has been paid to B. Dublin do Belfast June.' liun.J'erth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western.' Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian s t GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern... ' Do A stock Do it do Gt. S. anti W. of Ire.lan I Great Westerr ,Original Do Str Val tua. StoJk Do. South Wales Do. West Mid. -Oxford, Do N cwpor t Do Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire' London and Blackwall' Lon., Bright.,,t S. Coast) Lon., Chat., and Dover! Lon. & North Western' Lon. & So'dh Western' Man., net., dz Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Do # shares Metropolitan Midland Do Binning. Derby Nfld. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. # sham Mid Kert North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwio Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carliale Do. Stook. & Darling Do do 1855-58 Do do North London Do New Do New, 1.861. North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot. '3lld. stock Shrews. and Welehpool Shropshire Union South DeTon South Eastern Staines, Wok., an d IVok f aff Vale.. I 1)o0 Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool liar.&R p aid. Closing I Business Price. I done. 6 7 33 85 16 17 90 92 10/ 109 48 49 7 8 133 135 153} 1551 130 132 91 93 78 78 67 69 59 61 14 46 ICO 102 1161 :164 8.: S 4 10 i IC6 39 11 1191 .1191 97 99 661 67 1104 )20 1 137 k In; 106 108, 55 67 25 27 111 115 72 73 1 4 105 $8 89 39 81 9 10 123 Iz6 2 p 79 81 10i 11 131 138 60 62 41 43 85,E 86 8 9 157 160 31 44 p 1 0 111 37 39 131 1 48} 3 71. 134 152 50.1 77 1iiit 1161 LE 834 1064 6 394 119 181 19} 984 664 119 k 182 137 6i 7 E 6 51 114} 70 80 MI 87 SO 131 132 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Ltlantic & St Lawrence loan., Ilaroda&.Cent Inv Gu. 5 per oe.nt... Do. E. 'Shares.. inflalo and LaKeliuroL Do. Preference • •1 .luiTalo,Brant,&tiodriel. i p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 187. 1 Do. do. July 1, 187. Do. do. June 1, 187 ileutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin 3apeTown & Dock Seri Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf Austin. Bengal gu. o p. Xast Indian, e - u. sp. c Do. do. J Ext Jrand Trunk of Uanadir Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist fret. Bonds.. Po. do. deferred.-- . Do. Id Pref. Bonds.., Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ! Do. do. deferred- Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred t.lndiarenin.gua.sp.c Do. Gu 1. 5 per cen' Do. New gua. 5 p. o it. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent Do. 4/ per cent Do ;t. W. of Canada Share Do. New . Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt . Do. 5} p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited iladrao guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extensiot Dc. 4i d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. ttelb.Corp. OS p. o. Bnds \lelb. & Flobson's Bay. , Tewßrunswtok & Clinch Class A and B. po Ist pi bd , Soinde Do. Delhi I fgtH )o. do >l. t , I Do. Punjaub 1.)0. Indus. St. Flo') Closing Price. 59 61 10211 103} }die +p 51. 86 Ok 94 93 8i 90 103 105 104 1( 5 IQ, 201 00 92 70 73 60 .32 64 66 55 57 53 55 16 50 29 31 27 29 103} 104! pr 4p pr ip 100 101 91 91 116 lt. 91 f 3 81 63 d 10t 103 94 96 88 90 9 61 3 6 80 83 1004 1014 1004 1014 fd fp 1011 1021 95 97 LONIAL GOVEItNMEN 'British Columbia, G per, cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... Do. do. 1883.... o,.tyoy .6 p.c..J a. &J u 1877-8 k Do. 6 p. c. Feb. 45 Aug Do. 6 p. c. Mar. (It Sept Do. E p. 6. Jim.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock 'ape G.llope, 6 p 0,187: Do.Ap Oct.& 188( Do. 189( )o. Jan. & July. 1891.. .7eyton, Noy.lB6i, 6 p 1)0. 1878, do. Unlitlus 6 p.cent.lB73 Do. 18781 Do. 1882 Satal Gov. 6 per cent.. ‘l.ll.Gov. 6 p.c. J NI. S.W. Gov. 5 p z.,lBut Do. 5 p. c.,18/1 to 1 - J7i Do. d0.,1888 & upwd, Vew Zealand 6 p cent \lova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875. lueensland Gcv. 6 p. c. i.Aus Gov. 6 p.c.IE6S- Do. 1:76 dt nward Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. .1 a.,40 ul) Do. So 6p.0.A0..t00t.. I BRITISH MD :anwrian Consol. Gold Chiverton Jullord Amalgamated.. levon G. Cone. (Tavist. Drakewal!s.. 4:4st Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon ..... Oast Cam 8rea........ East Grenville East Lovell .... 01. '1 Russel (Tavistk. hm.&St.AuDyn(Gwen Great Laxey, reat South Tolgus.... +. Wheal Vor (Holston (lend's-Foot ingston Downs Ilargaret (Ony Lelani darke Valley.. , Tyndv Iron Ore (Lim Nangiles...... lew Setup 'Tort!' Downs North Roskear.. . r. W Basse t(1 llogsn Forth Wheal Crotty . Prosper United........ •rovidenoe(Uny Lelut. iouthCaradon(St.Cleer Fran. (Mogan stray Park Cin Croft Nest Basset (Illogan) N Cr radon (Liskeard West Chiverton Nest Sewn ,Vheel Basset (Illogan, 'Meal Buller(ltedruth, Wheal Ludeott Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Beton . . Wheal Trelawney (Lts. Wheal Union 3.5. t. 8 584 PREFERENCE SHARES. Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 135 • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), lot Ban Paulo (lim.)Agua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 18) FOREIGN MINER, East del Rey (lim.), United Mexican 11114, si, BANKS. Alliance (Um), 3 74 Ditto, new. 37 61 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd , 23 2i Bank of British Columbia, 171 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 3611 City, 1 61 Colonial, Rm., 43 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 1 it o, issued at 10 pm., of which 10 ie paid, 32 1 Consolidated Bank, lim., 11} English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 201 European Bank, Rm., 9 Imperial Bank (lim.), 351 Ditto, issued at 4 pm., 281 Imperial Ottoman.:l7l Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 5 4/ London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, DittO, new, 10 London and County, 79 ' London Joint Stock, 48 9 Ditto, new, issued at 30 put, 261 7 London and Northern, Jim., 18 London and South African, 221 Mercantile and Exchange, Ditto, new, 81 Metropolitan and Provincial Beak, lira., 17 National Provincial of England, -- Ditto, new, 42 Ditto, ditto, 38 New Zealand Bank Corporation, UM, 11 Oriental BanK Corporation, 59 Ai Provincial Banking Corporation, lira , Scinde, Plinjalib, and Delhi, Jim., 10 1 Union 01 London, 561 POCK 3. .ondonland St. Katharine, 72i MISCELLANEOUS; Ceylon Company, 11 City Offices, Bra., 51 Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Credit Fonder and Mobilitr of England, 8 1 Ditto (.£2), Ebbw Vale, 41 Egyptian Com and Trading, 1im.,:81 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, BM, Et 7 Gene:al Steam Navigation, 25 Hudson's Bay, 161 Imperial Mercantile Credit A ego., lira., 81 1 1 International Financial Society, lim., 7/ k International Land Credit. lira.. 41 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per ce n t. B onds, redem. 1870, - issued 90, 661 Joint Stock Discount, lira., 7} 7: London Financial Association, lien., 43 Ditto, new, 231 Business done T SECURITIES. 'lOO 102 99 1. 1 99 101 90 92 88 92 tO4 106 (05 007 u.)6 108 109 111 100 105 1( 9 112 105 107 106 109 07 110 +45 107 90 102 07 09 95 97 94 96 105 lo? 00 102 LO4 105 LO7 102 LO7 1(8 * i 61 71 331 141 580 600 2.1.0. 3.4,0 2.7.0. 2.13.6. , 5.13., 7 8 ". 6.13 4.18.4 1.;; 214 3 20i 2.8 0 7.1. 10 0.7 if 18.18. s 10.17.( rHE SUN, LO NEON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1864. Great Conflagration at Dockhead, Ber. mondsey. Yesterday evening a terrific fire, only to be paralleled by that which destroyed Fennings' and Toppings' wharfs on the river side, broke out upon the premises of Messrs Barry Brothers, who:fingers and saltpetre merchants, Mill-street, Dockhead, Bermondsey, lately in the occupation of Messrs Meriton and Hagen, and known as the Sufferance Wharfs, Bermondsey. These wharfs are situated in one of the most confined but busiest localities on the waterside. The factory in which the fire broke out contained many thousand tons of saltpetre, and as the coLfligrition gained an ascendancy between seven aid eight o'clock, the effect of it, both as a spectacle and as a destructive agency, was fearful. A strong wind was blowing from the south-east to the south west' aud as the powder piles and blocks of saltpetre caught fire from interval to interval, there arose immense volumes of liquid fire, now rod, now white, now blue, and then blending into one, burst into all the colours of the rain bow, illuminating the air round about, and scattering smoke, ashes, and FpArks upon the factories and buildings in the immediate neighbourhood, The outbreak having been telegraphed to the eLfilrent fi,e stations in the metropolis, several engines arrived shortly in successior, but such was the combustible character of the contents of the building they had to play upon, thst all their efforts were incffec:ual in subduing the flames, and operations were almost solely directed towards preventing the devastating element ex tending itself to the adjicaut wharves and premises. Up to midnight the fire had only been partially got under, and the general opinion appeared to be that it must burn itself out — the scream fire engines, as well as the manual engines, although well officered, being apparently powerless. The greatest excitement prevailed throughout the metropolis, and thousands passed over London-bridge, which was thronged with people, a clear view of the conflagration be ing obtained d cwn the river ; and the entire neighbourhood of Dockhead was perfectly impassable, owing to the crowds of spectators, damage done, it is only necessary to state that the immense G warehouse, consisting of six floors, has been entirely burned out. The many tons of jute (still burning) partially destroyed. The costly stock of seeds and sugar is con sumed. The H extensive warehouse, 70feet long and 60 feet deep, has been burned down. The immense quantity of jute still remaining was burning at 1 p.m. The 11 warehouse proper is destroyed. The saltpetre, it is supposed, has spent its violence, so that no further ex plosions may be apprehended, but the jute and wheat is still burning, and is likely to do so for several hours to come. The C warehouse is also considerably damaged by water, &o. Tne Tackle-douse and carpenter's workshops are de stroyed, and the contents consumed. The Counting-house and the dwelling-house are also greatly damaged by fire, water, &:. The police, under Mr Superintendent Bradford and In. spcctors More, Manson, &0., had a most difficult task to perform, by keeping at least 100,000 persons back from the scene of danger. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHERTSEY STEEPLECHASES-FRIDAY, This pleasant little meetirg was favoured with delightful weather, and attracted a fair attendance. Consequent upon the success of the Spring gathering, the promoters have been induced to arrange an autumn fixture, and the able Clerk of the Course, Mr W. H. Biddlecombe, was duly rewarded on the present occasion, as although there were only four races set for the day, they brought together numerous fields. The favourite won the opening event, beating ten others. The Selling Steeplechase, which brought out ten runners, was won by White Stockings, who was not backed. The favourite Corkscrew, fell, but Mr Wood was not injured; only the first three passed the post. The Hunt race was won by Confederate by a length from Swindler, but only four passed the post in this race. Ben Land, who rode Leah, had a severe fall during the race, and was much cut about the face. Diadem carried off the Mili:ary Steeple chase, beating the only other competitor. The Woburn Park Plate (Handicap) :of 40 sovs ; winners after the publication of the weights 71b extra. About two miles and a half. Mr B. Land, jun.'s '[he Don, aged, lOst 71b.... (Owner) I Mr Nugent's Sir Bobby, aged, 1 Ist-31b.... (Mr Barry) 2 Mr Thumwood's SMite, 5 yrs, lOst 31b (T. Barton) 3 The following also ran:—lronsides, 13a'lycasey, Surbiton, Storm, Polly Hopkins, Irish Boy, The Idea, and Ned on the Hille. Betting—Even on The Don, 5 to 1 agst Polly Hopkins, Bto 1 agst Sir Bobby, 10 to 1 each agst Ironsides, The Idea, and Ned of the Hills. Ballycasey made play for the first half mile, when The Don assumed the command, and carried on the running till clearing the fence into the straight, where Surbiton (who had been gradually improving his position) took the lead, followed past the stand by the Don, Siuite, Storm, and Sir Bobby, in the order named. Little change took place till opposite the stand on the far side of the course, where The Don again went to the front, and cleared the last fence but one in advance of Sir Bobby, who, never getting up, up, was beaten cleverly by a length; four lengths divided the second and third; Storm was fourth, Surbiton fifth, Irish Boy sixth, closely followed by Polly Hopkins, and Ned of the Hills was last. The Selling Steeplechase of 3 soya each, with 25 added, list 71b each; the winner to be sold for 50 sous; with selling allowances. About two miles and a half. Mr Thompson's White Stockings, aged, Oat 1 llb (£26) (J. Nirey) 1 Mr J. Watson's Lord Stanley, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (£3o) (W. J3r , zier) 2 Mr Chase's Scots Grey, age 1 , Oat 1 llb (£2O) .... (Page) 3 The following also ran :—Stays, Southdown, Corkscrew, The Cure, Light of Other Days, Milverton, and Betsy Baker. Betting-2 to 1 agst Corkscrew, sto 2 agst Milverton, 5 to 1 each agst Light of Other Days and Southdown, 6 to 1 agst Star. Corkscrew made play, followed by White StockiEgs, Scots Grey, Milverton, and Betsy Baker. They ran without any material change till after clearing the brook on the far side, but at the succeeding fence Corkscrew fell, throwing Mr Wood heavily. From this point White Stockings (who was left with the lead) improved his position, and won by 20 lengths ; Scots Grey a bad third. Nothing else passed the post. A Hunt Race of 2 eovs each, with 30 added ; weight for age; winners extra. About three miles. Mr G. R. Cross's Confederate, aged, 12st 71b (Inc 71b ex) (Owner) 1 Mr Aldridge's Swindler, aged, 12st 71b (inc 71b extra) (Mr R. C. Rickards) 2 Mr Pullen's The Sailor, 6 yre, 12st (Owner) 3 The following also ran :--Coronet, Blondin, Prince of \Vales, Ace of Trumps, Ellen, Leah, and The Sprat. Betting-3 to 1 each agst Confederate and Ace of Trumps, 4 to 1 agst Prince of Wales, 6 to 1 agst Swindler. Leah made the running, followed by Confederate and Sprat. Upon entering the ploughed land opposite the stand Leah fell, throwing Ben Land, whereupon Sprat carried on the running, followed by Confederate and Prince of Wales. After passing the brook Coronet went to the front and led into the straight, followed by Confederate, Prince of Wales third, Swindler fourth, and Sailor fifth. They ran thus till within a third of a mile from home, where Swindler passed Confederate, but half way up the straight Confederate came again, and overhauling Swindler won by a length ; The Sailor a bad third; Leah walked in, and nothing else passed the post. A Military Steeplechase of 5 soya each, with 25 added; list 71b each, with winning penalties and selling allowances. About three miles. Captain Harford's Diadem, aged (£5O), list (inc 71b ex) (Owner) 1 Captain Sewall's (105th Regiment) Kelly (£5O), 11st (Owner) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Diadem. The non-fivoutite made play until within half a mile of home, where Diadem went to the front and won by three lengths. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. There was a moderate attendance at the Rooms, and some sound speculation took place on the Waterloo Cup and Derby, but nothing transpired calling for special comment Closing prices : WATERLOO COURSING CUP. 25 to lon the field (offered) 28 to 1 agst Mr H. Ha) wood's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Dr Richardson's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr Gavin Steel's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr G. A. Thompson's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr Ivie Campbell's nomination (taken) 100 to 3 agst Mr Lloyd's nomination (taken) 100 to 3 agst Mr J. Johnstone's nomination (taken) 100 to 3 aget Mr Gibson's nomination (taken) 100 to 3 agst Mr Lister's nomination (taken) 100 to 3 aget Mr Deighton's nomination (taken) THE DERBY. 5 to lon the field (offered) 12 to 1 agst The Duke (offered) 100 to 8 agst Breadalbane (taken) 14 to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered) 100 to 3 agst Oppressor (wanted) 100 to 3 agst Brother to Minnie (taken) 100 to 3 agst Broomielaw (taken) 100 to 3 agst Ariel (taken) 50;to 1 agst Zephyr (taken) Km.so.—The two disputed races at this meeting have been decided as follows :—Bowmont Stakes—An objection to Tam Glen, as not being half bred, is found valid ; his dam having al ways been described as by Rasselas, dam's pedigree unknown. The stakes, therefore, go to the second horse. Amateur Stakes—Au objection to Tam Glen, for being described as half bred, and having run as thorough bred, is overruled ; his owner having declared to carry 7tb extra, and posted up a notice to that effect at the telegraph a sufficient time before starting.—By order of the stewards, Joint USHER, Clerk of the Course. THE LATE EDINBURGH RACE MEETING.—The stewards having taken into consideration the objections made to Gayous, who came in first for the Volunteer Stakes, and Honest John, who came in first for Her Majesty's Plate, have awarded' the Stakes and Plato to the horses named. Bradshaw's Handbooks to Madras, Bombay, and Bengal. The three illustrated handbooks, viz., to the Madras Pre sidency and the central provinces of India ; to the Bengal Presidency and the western provinces ; and to the Bombay Presidency and the north-western provinces, are certainly the most astonishing literary compilations we have seen for years. The labour, research, and calculations to produce either of the volumes must have been enormous, as they each form a complete and certain guide for the Anglo-- Indian traveller. The volumes are profusely illustrated with modern maps, which will be found of incalculable service in arranging matters for a comfortable journey through either Bombay, Madras, or Bengal. Not only have we all the usual charg,s for accommodation set plainly forth, but we have also certain valuable " Hints to Travel lers," which will enable all our " Griffins" (as Europeans are designated on their first appearance on India► soil), to take particular good care of "number ono." We cannot speak too highly of the handbooks—they are certainly, as far as our experience goes, the best we have ever seen ; and every traveller who may arm himself with one ere he sets out on his long and perilous journey will find he possesses a little treasure absolutely worth its weight in gold. TUE GALE..—BLARENET, Norfolk, Friday Night. —I have to report (says the Rev. R. Fillard) that the Blakeney lifeboat went out yesterday morning to take off the crew of five men from a French vessel. The ship came on shore about three o'clock in the morning of Wednesday, and might have been got off at high water in the afternoon it the captain would have accepted the help of the steam tug. During the night it came on to blow very heavily, and on Thursday morning at seven o'clock the sea was so strong and the wind so high that it was considered advis able to send the lifeboat of the National Institution to take off the crew, who had remained on board. The lifeboat did not return from the wreck till 12 o'clock, LAW INT. —This Day. COURT OF DIVt)RCE, (Before the Judge Ordinary.) OVERBERY V. OVERMYRY. This was a suit instituted by the husband for dissolution of his marriage on the ground of adultery. The parties were married in Australia, the husband being a captain in the mercantile marine, and was in the habit of making long and distant voyages to the East Indies or China in the ship Caroline Coventry, of which he was the commander, Previous to his leaving England on his voyage on the 2d of January, 1863, he made certain arrangements for his wile's remaining at the house of a clergyman residing in D )rsetshiro. Captain Overbury invariably treated his wife with the greatest kindness while he was in England, and his family visited her frequently while he was absent on board his ship. From circumstances that afterwards occurred, suspicion was en tertained that Mrs Overbury had been misconducting her self, and eventually a child was born, of wEich there could be no doubt Capt. Overbury was not the fa her. Witnesses were called to prove the above facts, and cer tain letters written by the respondent having been read, His lordship granted a deuce nisi. YAXLEY Y. YAXLEY This was a suit instituted by the husband, formerly a non-commissioned officer in the 2d Dragoons, for dissolu- tion of marriage. The parties were in a humble station, and the circum stances which led to the proceedings were quite devoid 01 interest. His lordship granted a dccreo COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) GLOVER V. THE DUC DE PERSIGNY. Sergeant Parry, who appeared for the plaintiff, asked for a postponement of the trial, on the ground that he had only recently been instructed in this case, and a mass of docu ments had been handed to him which he had not time to read. After some conversation the application was reused, and he trial proceeded. Mr Dawson opened the proceedings, which set forth that the plaintiff had been the proprietor of the Morning Chro nicle and ether papers, and that he had advocated certain views, for which it was arranged that ho should be paid, and for which he now claimed compensation. Sergeant Parry opened the case. Sergeant Glover, he said, had long been a member of the legal profession, but had not practised much. In 1854 ho became proprietor of the Morning Chronicle, and in 1856 the Duo de Porsigny was ambassador here, and M, Billault was Minister of the Interior. They were desirous of having a paper in London which should advocate the views of the French Government, the articles appearing in the Morning Chronicle to be trans. lated for insertion in the French papers. An agreement was enterod into by which Sergeant Glover was to receive £7OO or £BOO a month, and it was arranged that if the Morning Chronicle became depreciated in value in conse quence of those articles, compensation would be paid up to October 23. Sergeant Glover inserted articles day after day, and week after week, and for these articles he claimed compensation. In April, 1857, Sergeant Glover went to Paris, and had interviews with the Emperor and M. Bil- lault. The French Government gave him a concession for an international telegraph between Bordeaux and Boston,whieh would have enabled him to establish an international tele graph company in France. It would be urged that this was a sufficient compensation for Sergeant Glover's service, The sergeant was unable to establish the company, and asked for further time, which was refused. The concession was then granted to other persons, one of whom was the Empress's physician. In the course of his speech Sergeant Parry referred to a letter which Sergeant Glover addressed to the French Government, in which he made his claim. Mr Bovill handed in the original letter, in which he said that he did not claim any pecuniary recompense from the French Government for anything that had appeared in the Morning Chronicle. Sergeant Glover, said that only referred to the time pre vious to May 9, 1857. Sergeant William Glover — was called. He said that in 18E4 he was the proprietor of the Morning Chronicle. In November 1856, he first saw M. Bonard, sen., the French meat, about articles in the Mot ning Chronicle. After wards he had an interview with Chevalier St. Andre, and afterwards with M. de Persigny. (The plaintiff constantly complained that Mr Dawson his own counsel who was examining him, was travelling over events far too rapidly.) While M, de Persigny was ambassador here he told the plaintiff that he had authorised Chevalier St. Andre to act as his agent. M. St. Andre called upon him in Jan., 1857, and stated to him that he had been foreign editor on the Morning Chrontcle in the year of the Exhibition of 1851. He referred to an article on the 9th of December, 1856, which appeared in the _Horning arontcle. That article was given to plaintiff in Paris. The plaintiff was going P n somewhat irregularly, when the Lord C _lief Justice rebuked him. The learned Sergeant said he was sorry to differ from his lardship, upon which the Lord Chief Justice said : "It is not a question of difference of opinion. It is 3 our duty to obey, sir, and I insist upon your being regular." At this stage of the proceedings it was announced by Sergeant Parry that he had arranged with Mr Bovill that a juror should be withdrawn. The plaintiff was non-suited. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Our market was fairly supplied with fruit and vegetables, The trade on the whole was moderately active at the an., noted rates : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples 7 0 to 8 0 Foreign do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 3 0 to 6 0 Foreig,n do 1 0 to 2 0 I Melons . . 0 Oto 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 , Apples, per hf-sv. 1 6 to 3 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..0 0 to 0 0 Lemons, per 100 3 0 to 6 0 Gooseberries hf svel 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 , s. d. s d Mu'berries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 9to 1 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 6 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0 Peaches, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per d 0... 4 6to 5 0 Damsons, pr d 0... 4 oto 4 6 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 4 oto 5 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 6 0 Cabbages, pr doz 1 3to 2 6 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 It 'id ditto 1 6to 3 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 Savoy do., pr dz, 1 3to 2 6 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 9 Cauliflowers, pdzlo to 3 0 Beet, per doz. 00to 0 0 Brocoli 0 Bto 0 10 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 6 Potatoes, per ton 60 0 toloo ! Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0! Mushrooms, p pt. 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0! Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 , Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 6to 1 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Borrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0! Radishes, dz finds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, ti.-sv. 0 oto 0 ; Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0! Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 6 to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 o to 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 t, to 0 0 , Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach Brussels sprouts 1 3to 0 0, Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 POULTR Y. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; geese, 4s Od to 7s Gd each ; goslings, Os to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s 3d ; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to is Gd each; wild do., lOd to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 7d each; Surrey fowls, 9s Od to 12s Od• ' chickens, Os to 8s Od ; barn door fowls, bs Od to 7s d; capons, Os Od; hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ptarmigan, Os to Os Od each ; pheasants, 2s Od to 3s Od ; partridges, is Od to 2s Od ; woodcocks, 2s to 3s ; snipes, 9d to is Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, is 3d to is 61 ; widgeons, Os 9d to is Od ; plovers, Os 6d to is each ; guinea fowls, 2s Gd to 4s Gd; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 3d ; English, is 3d to is Gd per lb ; English eggs, —s Od to 12s Od ; French do., Os Od to 10s Od per 100; leverets, is Od to 2s Od ; grouse, 2s 03 to 2s 6d. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Od to Od ; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, 4s Od to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 12s Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od; doreys, is Od to 6s Od; mullets, is Od to 2s Od; lobsters, is Od to 3s; crabs,9d to 2s 6d; plaice and garnets, Od to Oa Od each; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 108 to 18s ; natives, —8 to 84s per bush. ; whitings, 5s Od to 9s he,ddocks, 9s to 30s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os 01 per dozen; mackerel, —8 to —s per 120 ; fresh herrings, 8s to Os per 120 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; and pork, as 6d to 49 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. WIIITECIIAYEL. Beef, from 25 10d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s Od to 45 8d; veal, 3s Gd to 4a 8d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Bibs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61c1 to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, ltd to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to;3ld ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 41d; 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to 41d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, 41d to sd. Horse hides, 9s Od to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 8s 6d to 10s 6d ; half-breds, 7s Od to 8s 6d ; Downs, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 16s to 15 7s 6d ; clover, £4 16a to £6 10a Od ; and straw, £1 68 to £1 10a per load. Trade slow. -- - - - - - CUMRERLAND—Meadow hay, £3lss to £5 10s 0d; clover, £4 15s to £6 108 Od; and straw, £1 6s to £1 108 per load. Demand inactive. WHITECHAPEL,—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £5 7s 6d ; clover, £4 15s to £6 106 Od; and straw, £1 58 to £1 10a per load. A dull inquiry. BURGLARY IN THE STRAND.—The premises of Mr Abrahams, jeweller, &c., 438, West Strand, were en tered by burglars on the night of the 23d instant through the roof, and property to the amount of £1,500 was ab stracted from the shop window, consisting of gold watches, chains, brooches, lockets, ear-rings, Btc. The burglars got clear away, and no information has yet been received of them or the stolen property. THE CASE AGAINST THE PUGILIST JOE, Goss.— Yesterday the charge of assault and indignity upon a brothel keeper in Wolverhampton, by the pugilist Joe Goss, who last Wednesday was sentenced for the offence to six months' hard labour, was re-heard, and his Worship, after taking evidence to show that Goss, who was drunk, had received some provocation from the complainant, who was also drunk, consented to liberate hies on the payment of a One of £2O in lieu of the in3prisoment, FURTHER PAR FICULARS.-TIIIS DAY. This terrible fire is still raging with undiminished fury, and, according to the statement of one of the old experienced officers of the London Brigade, there appears little chance of getting it extinguished for at least a week. The accounts published in the morning papers convey but a faint idea of the extent of the loss. The premises of Messrs. Barry Brothers occupied several acres of ground in ona of the narrowest and most densely-populated districts in the parish of Bermondsey, which is studded with wharves, mills, and factories. Messrs Barry's premises are probably the largest on that side the water. They had a frontage in Mill-street, Dockhead, and extended backwards to the dock at shad Thames. In olose proximity were tho exten sive biscuit works of Peaks, Frean, and Co., and also the immense oil stores of Messrs Scott and Co., and at one time it was feared that every building near would have been levelled with the ground. The fire, it seems, was discovered in the G warehouse, a brick and timber building six stories high, and filled with jute, seeds, and sugar. This building stretched in one direc tion 100 feet, and in the other 70 feet. It formed only about 1-16th part of what is termed Meriton's-wharf, a portion of which was destroyed by a similar disaster some months back. The moment the existence of the fire became known an attempt was made to confine it to the floor in which it com menced, but that was found to be impracticable, and in the course of a few minutes the loud rumbling noise that could be heard from the ou'side of the building gave unmistak able evidences that the flames were making fearful havoc. Before sufficient time had elapsed to send to the nearest engine station, immense sheets of fl tme rolled out of the different windows and through the roof, lighting up the whole of the metropolis and the suburbs: in fact, the guard of the Dover mail train states that the refl(ction could be seen as far distant as Folkestone ; but the inhabitants there, as many even in the metropolis, imagined from its brilliancy, that it was one grand display of the aurora borealis. Adjoining this tremendous warehouse stood an other, 70 feet long and 60 wide, termed the " II" extension warehouse. This building was filled with several thou sand bales of jute, and in less than a quarter of an hour after the discovery was made, this warehouse was also wrapped in flames. By this period the fire engines began to arrive, the first being Roberts's Princess of "Wales, from Tooley- , street. This land steamer was set to work iron the north side of the wharf from an abundance of the Southwark Company's water, but it at once became apparent that the flames would not succumb to the power of this engine, and the two steam floating engines were, by order of Mr Henderson, the chief officer of the D district of the brigade, sent for, and they at once came steaming up and down the river, and they were safely anchored near the back warehouses of the wharf, and set to work from the river Thames. Even these powerful auxiliaries seemed to have no effect upon the violence of the confirogration, which continued to spread, and at length the river had all the appearance of an immense stream of liquid gold. Every ship in the pool appeared from a distance to be wrapped in flames, and the Custom-house, the Tower of London, and even the venerable Cathedral of S. Paul pre sented similar grand spectacles. This called out the more distant engines, and eventually there were over a d( Z,313 present, including three land steamers by Shand, Mason, and Co. ; the Torrent steamer by Merryweather, from Hodges' distillery; several manual-power engines of the Brigade; and the Peckham and Hitcham Volunteer en gines and the 'West Ham foremen. The whole of the force went to work in a manner to excite the approbation of all present, and they (at the risk of losing their lives) entered the blazing buildings, and conveyed the hose of their re , spective engines up the floors of the then only two blitzing buildings, but the water, which fell in thousands of tons weight per minute, appeared to have not the least effect upon the fearful element, and every one then lo .ked upon the progress of the fire with astonishment and dismay. The adjoining building to the last named was termed the "H" warehouse. It was 60 feet long and 72 feet deep, and was filled with jute, wheat, and saltpetre. The flames from the other two buildings lapped completely round this struc ture, and the dangerous and explosive character of the saltpetre having been made known to the firemen, men were set to watch the walls to see if they bulged, so that they might give the necessary intelligence to those stand ing with the hose on and around the blazing pile, so that they might be enabled to run away. Tne worst predictions of all present were quickly verified; for, upon the floors becoming ignited in which the saltpetre was stored, explo sions loud and fearful in rapid succession took place, which blew down heavy brick walls, lifted the tiles and roof of the warehouse, which were sent flying in sundry directions, and in their descent striking the firemen upon their hel mets, and, as it was, Mr Henderson was struck on the foot and 90 badly hurt that ho was obliged to go home, We understand, upon inquiry this morning, that although he is much shaken, nothing very serious is apprehended. At this conjecture the rain fell in such torrents that it was calculated to extinguish any ordinary fire. but such was the vast amount of flame that, as the rain fell so copiously, the reflection upon the water made it resemble rainbows, such as are witnessed upon many occasions of the great displays of the fountains of the Crystal Palace. Here the firemen began to think that their labours wore about to be crowned with success, but to their dismay, whilst engaged in deluging the burning saltpetre, they found that the wind had driven the flames into the D warehouse, a building 61 feet long and 32 broad, This immense ware house was also filled with jute, seeds, and peas. The seeds consisted of some thousand quarters of canary, linseed, moss-seed, and hempseed. The jute alone in this building was worth some thousand pounds, but the exact quantity of wheat in this part of the wharf cannot at present be cor rectly ascertained, lout is stated to have amounted to several thousand quarters. At this point the firemen, under the direction of their s uperior officers, seeing the g rea t danger t h a t th e C ware house was exposed to, brought the full power of several of the engines to bear upon the building, which soon became deluged with water, and that expedient was happily crowned with partial success, but the contents, as a natural conse quence, were greatly damaged by water. ops in a regular Having succeeded in stopping he progre ss o f th e devastat ingee acing element the whole blaze, and from that bu ldi n g the fl , mss rolled over into the Tackle-house, another large e stablishment. H ere the in that o f the d i rec t ion, carpenters' they were ag ain astonished at workshops flames again burst forth with inc r eased fury, an d aga i n the t n e i g hbourhood became brilliantly illumin e d. Th e fi re a t the same time had just com menc ed to attack with full books ow vigour oekltstno dwelling h . t e h,.eG c counting - house. nme ;Great i n e g x n - h it o e u n s excitement and Messr s B arry ' s pr i vate n was then cause d l es t th e , appertainin g to this p art of the w h ar f should be consumed—but it is satisfactory to state that the businessfes they willw were re not be retarded to the books having been. deposited in o no o f t h e patent all got out unin jured, Rel i ance" e fireproof extent it otherwise m i g ht have b een had the books ur, consequently been destroyed. The counting-house and.the dwelling-house are, however, both considerably damaged, and so is the C warehouse. By half-past 12 to-day t he firemen, under the direction of Captain Shaw, Superinte ndent Irvi ng, of the Surrey M V o r l uat a e r e l r e s s , ILviheiutete,noafnt the e ß c e o c u k n er t , y F H ie e r ad Engineer Medcalf, . fri and Engineer Laughault, had the satisfaction of seeing the flames commencing to succumb and palpably diminish beneath the great weight of water that was falling from the land steamers and the river Mating enginod upon the blazing piles. To say, however, that all danger was at an end would be incorrect, for unless the firemen continue to use the greatest vigilance there is every possibility of a fresh outbreak taking place, for immense bodies of fire still remain in the different warehouses. The total loss, it;is computed by those connected with the the insurance offices, will amount to over £250,000, and nearly the whole of the metropolitan and provincial fire in surance companies will be sufferers to a more or less extent by the catastrophe. As to the origin of the calamity not the least information can at present be gleaned. When the wharf was closed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the usual hour for indoor packing an d deliver y , ever y thing appeared perfectly safe and free from anything smoulderiitg ; and.it was only when one of the neighbours heard, according to his own version, a noise inside the building like unto a water mill at full operation, that any one had the slightest idea of a fire having taken place. In order to convey some taint idea of the extent of the Recent Wills and Bequests, (From the illustrated _London News.) The will of Mrs. Lydia Symons, wife of the Rev. Benjamin Parsons Symons, D.D., Warden of Wad ham College, Oxford, was proved :n London under £20,000. The executors nominated are her brothers, Henry Masterman and Edward Masterman, Esqrs, The ;testatrix leaves the property over which she had power of disposition under settlement, and also by the will of her late father, John Masterman, q.—subject to her husband's life interest therein —amongst her brothers and sisters and some of her nit as, apponting her said brothers, Henry and Edward, residuary legatees. There are 1):: quests to the following institutions :—To the London So ciety for the Conversion of the Jews and the Church Pastoral Aid Society, each a legacy of £3)0; and 1 to the Church Missionary Society, £lOO. The will of William Stitt Wilson, E q., banker, of the city of Norwich, formerly of Whitehaven, St. Bees, Cumberland, was proved in Londo❑ on the let instant, the executors appointed being his brother-in-law, Thomas Dixon, Esq., of Rheda, Cumberland, and William Dickinson, E-q., of Workington. The personalty was sworn under £25,000. The will is dated 1863, and there are three codicils, His wife, to whom a large portion of the property was left, having died before the testator, the personalty devolves, by the terms of the wi , l, to his two executors, for their own use and benefit, and they are left also the freehold property. The estate of Coekshot is devised ►o his said brother in-law, Mr. Thomas Dixon (the brother of his late wife). There is a legacy of £l,OOO to the East of England Banking Company. Legacies are left to several officers of banks. To the Whitehaven In firmary, £100; to the South Kensington Museum, an antique Oriental china bowl or bottle, exhibited at the Manchester Exhibition in 1857; to the British Museum, the choice of nine articles of vertil from his collection ; to the National Gallery, any two oil-paintings the trustees may select, The wilt of Richard Gibbs, Esq., late of the city of London, teabroker, and of Upper Tooting, Surrey, was proved in London on the 29th of October, by his relict, the sole executrix. The personalty was sworn under £lOO,OOO. After making several be quests, he leaves to his wife a life interest in the residue of his property, with power of disposition over a certain portion. The ultimate reversionary residue is left amongst some of his nieces and others. To his partner, W. Weston, Esq., be leaves the option of retaining £lO,OOO at 4 por cent, interest, from which annual sum of £4OO annuities of various amounts to twelve persons are to be kept up, the bequests being chiefly to individuals who had been or were in his employ ; and on the decease of these annuitants the principal sum of £lO,OOO will revert to 23 charitable institutions. The legatees are nu merous, and the legacies are to be paid free of duty. There are specific bequests of pictures, &e., to many of his friends, members of the City Club, and to one of the "Round Table." To each of his clerks who have been four years in his employ he leaves a legacy of £lOO, and £2O to each of the others; also £lO to each of the porters, and legacies to his sera• vents. His business, carried on under the firm of Messrs, Gibbs and Co., he states, " was founded and reared up by him, and, with the assistance of his partner, has met with success, after many years of indomitable perseverance and industry ;" and at the conclusion of his will are these words, "I thank Almighty God for inclining my heart from child hood to feel for others' woes.'" The will bears date July 4, 1864, and his death occurred by an accident on the 7th of October last, in his seventy fifth year. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service. (From the Civil Service Gazette.) COLONIAL-OFFICE—Mr A. A. King has been appointer ;o a writership, Ceylon. EDUCNTION-OFFICE-Mr Jas. Smith has been appointed an assistant clerk, London—and Mr Armytage Bakewell has been appointed an assistant clerk, London. BONED OF TRADE—Mr Thomas Edward Price has been appointed to a clerkship in the Registry of Seamen's-office ; and Mr Fredk. C. Deshon has been appointed a temporary clerk in the Registry of Seamen's-office. THE POST-OFFICE—The postmastership of Southampton is vacant, salary £159. Mr James Guthrie has been ap pointed a sorting clerk, Glasgow. CUSTOMS—Mr John Curdle has been promoted from the sth to the 4th class of gaugers, London—Mr Joseph L. Gregory has been promoted from the 6th to the sth class of gaugers, London—Mr Richard Minors, clerk at Truro, has been promoted to be senior clerk at Harwich—Mr John Campbell, clerk and examining officer at Arbroath, has been promoted to be examining officer at Truro—Mr Wm. Hay ward, 3d clerk at Portsmouth, has been promoted to be clerk and.examining officer at Arbroath—Mr Henry Ford, examining officer at Folkestone, has been promoted to be senior examining officer at Harwich—Mr G. F. Trail, examining officer at Glasgow Dock, Lancaster, has been promoted to be examining officer at Folkestone—Mr M. S. Luckley, out-door officer from Hartlepool, has been pro moted to be examining officer at Glasgow Dock—Mr S. F. Rimington has been promoted from the 3d to the 2d class of watermen, London. INLAND REVENUE (Excise Branch)--Mr Thomas Tay lor, officer, Bingley, 2d division, Halifax collection, has been appointed officer of Brecon division. Swansea col lection—Mr James Benjamin Smith, officer, Alford ride, Lincoln collection, has been appointed officer of Bingley, 2d division, Halifax collectiJn—Mr William Kelly, first class assistant, Birmingham, 6th division, Birmingham collection, has been appointed officer of Alford ride, Lin coln collection—Mr Edward Marshall, officer, Birr division, Athlone collection, has been appointed officer of Dundalk, Ist division, Drogheda collection —Mr Daniel Gough, officer, Dundalk, Ist division, Drogheda collection, has been ap pointed cffiler of Birr division, Athlone collection—Mr James Carpenter, officer, Kendal, 2d ride, Lancaster collec tion, has been appointed officer of Halifax, 2d ride, Halifax collection. IRELAND,— Vacancies have recently occurred in the Register-General's office, and in the Money-order Depart ment of the General Post-office. There are vacancies for two clerkships in the National Education office, for which a competitive examination will be held on Tuesday next in Dublin. Mr W. B. Drury has been appointed registrar in the Court of Chancery, vice the Hon. H. Sugden, resigned —Mr T. B. Martley, chief clerk, has been appointed deputy registrar, vacant by Mr Drury's promotion. THE EAST INDIES —Mr A.. G. Macpherson, barrister-at law, has been appointed assistant secretary to the Govern ment of India, in the legislative branch of the home de partment, in suecession to Mr Macleod Wylie, resigned— Mr L. Teyen, 2d assistant in the office of the civil pay master, N. W. Provinces, has been appointed to act as chief assistant, during the absence of Mr G. Bagley—Mr D. A Gam'zer, accountant, Ist class, British Burmah, has been appointed to officiate as deputy controller, public works accounts, Hydrabad—Mr G. D. Prussia, accountant, with temporary rank of 2d class, has been transferred from the Straits Settlements to British Burmah—Mr J. W. Breeks has been appointed judge of the Court of Small Causes of Combaconum, but to officiate as private secretary to the Governer of Madras--Mr H. E. Sullivan has been appointed to act as civil and sessions judge of the zillab of Salem— Mr W. M'Quhae has been appointed to act as sub-collector and joint magistrate of Coimbatore—Mr W. S. Foster, assistant to the collector and magistrate of Bellary, has been appointed to act as head assistant to the collector and magi strate of Coimbatore—Mr F. Brandt, assistant to the collec tor and magistrate of Kistna district, has been appointed to act as assistant to the collector and magistrate of Cuddapab. At a nobleman's mansion in Sussex the following notice has just been issued :—" From this date forward no women servants will be allowed to wear crinolines while doing their household work, Any infringement of this order will be considered tantamount to notice to quit, and they will be dismissed accordingly." THE MURDER OF Mr. BRADDELL.—DUBLTN, Thursday Night.—The Waterford ,standard of to-day, from which yesterday's telegram of the supposed arrest of Hayes, the murderer of Mr Braddell, was taken, says that the person in custody hes turned out not to be the culprit. The name of the man arrested is Edward Ryan, He will be discharged. BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—UOtuo3va thic practitioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as being the most healthf el of all beverages. When the doc trine of homoeopathy was first introduced lute this country, there were to be obt tined no preparations of cocoa either at tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut was either supplied is the crude state, or so unskilfully manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epp', of London, nomccopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn his attention to this subject, and at length succeeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the perfect tzituration it receives in the process it passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as an invigo rating, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most deli cious aroma. Dr. Ilassall, in his work, " Food and its Adulterations," says -" Cocoa contains a great variety of im portant nutritive principles —every ingredient necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body." Again ; "As a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Directions —Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured in tin-lined ilb., ilb., and 11b. labelled packets, and sold by grocers, confectioners, and chemists. - [Awl%) THIRD EDITIOSr. SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, CHERTSEY RACES —THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) RAILWAY STEEPLECHASE. Gorsehawk .......... I Clavis Six ran. 2 SURREY AND MIDDLESEX. Meanwood ........ Yaller G .. 2 stays Five ran. Won in a c:innuon cautcr. ATCII-c MILITARY STEEPLECHASE. PUSS .. . . Yallcr Ural • Three ran. II U.N TER S' STEE PLE CHASE. Storm .................... ..................... I Holdersyke .................................... Sprat Eleven ran. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, Nov. 26 —Wind this day at noon—south_ Westerly ; moderate braze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Henry Duncan, from Quebec—Her Majesty's ship Geyser, from Plymouth. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Nov. 27—Arnica, Margaret, Ocean, and Ellen, all from Guernsey. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Britannia. screw steamer, from Cadiz for London. Anchored—Heron, from London for Cardiff—Fortuna, from the west for G braltar. A GIIOST STORY.—It was the rule of my mother's house that all servants should be in bed at ten o'clock, and on the night of the ghost we were not to go forth till midnight, when there would be enough of a moon to dispel the pitchy darkness induced by a partial fog, that at fist was an ample protection to the game. My brother and myself were together, and well armed, and in no mood to be nervously excited, and little inclined to be afraid of anything. We passed by the still-room, intending, by crossing the kitchen and going through the scullery, to roach the courtyard by the back way. The large old heuse was as still as death when my hand turned the handle of the kitchen door, which opening, partially admitted me to the room, at the bottom of the long table which, starting from between the entrance where I was and the door of exit to the scullery, ran up to my left in its full length to the great fireplace a tall and expensive kitchen screen. The screen stood to the right of the fireplace as I looked at it, so that a large body of glowing embers in the grate threw a steady distinct glare of red light throughout the entire of the large apartment, making the smallest thing distinctly visible, and falling full on the tall figure of a woman, di vided from me only by the breadth of the bottom of the table. She was dressed, or seemed to be dressed, as a maid servant, with a sort of poke bonnet on, and a dark shawl drawn or pinned tightly across her breast. On my entrance she slowly turned her head to look at me, and as she did so, every feature ought to have stood forth in the light of the fire, but I at once saw that there was beneath the bonnet an indistinctness of outline not to be accounted for. Hold ing the door open with my left hand, with the right against the post, I addressed to my brother, who was behind me, simply the word " Look." As I uttered this, the figure seemed to commence gliding rather than proceeding by steps slowly on. up the kitchen towards the fireplace, while I loivered my right arm from the post, and turned to let my brother in, then closed the door, locked it, and put the key into my pocket. In reply to me Moreton said, " I see her, there she goes." I had not told him what I had seen, and therefore could in no way have suggested the idea he seemed to entertain. After I had thus locked the door, on turning round there was no woman to bo seen, so I asked my brother whither she had gone. He instantly replied, "Up the kit- chen towards the screen." " Come on, then," I cried ; let's have some fun and catch her, to see who it ie." Our impres sion was that it was one of the maid servants sitting up long after the usual hours, and we at once proceeded, each taking a separate corner of the screen, and meeting on the side next the fire—but there was nothing there I Astonished at this, we then commenced a most minute search of the kit chen, looked up the chimney and beneath the table, into the oven and then into the drawers—in short,into every nook and corner that could have held a rat. But there was no living thing in the kitchen but ourselves. The windows were fast, and so high in the walls that, even with the aid of the dresser, no one could have reached them ; the door by which we entered was locked and the key in nay custody, and the only other door into the scullery we found locked, and the key on the other side with us. We hear of hats that turn and of tables knocked by the knuckles of ghosts; of pictures, etched, drawn, and even coloured by spiritual agency ; of handkerchiefs floating in the air; of words written by true seen hands, but not always well spelt by their invisible heads, not one word of which do I believe ; but here I offer to my readers a fact impossible to be accounted for, an up paragon visible to two persons who, when they saw it thought that it was a living body ; each supposed it to be a woman, and fearless of spiritual agency, pursued it but in vain.—My Life and .Recollections, by the Hon, Grantley F. Berkeley. Viscountess Palmerston has issued cards for a small and early assembly this evening at Cambridge House. Baron end Baroness Biome received a select party at dinner last evening at the Hanoverian Legation in Grosvenor-place. Sir Roderick and Lady Murchison entertained a small party at dinner 1•:st evening at their residence in Belgrave-square. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs Disraeli have left Hughenden Manor for Cuddesdon Palace, Oxen, on a visit to the Bishop of Oxford. Mr. M. D. Wesy, 99, Divies-street, Berkeley.. square, wishes to have it stated that he is not the person alluded to in the case of " Wray alias Henery," tried at the Central Criminal Court on the 24th inst. TUE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE LATE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE,—. We understand his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has, through General Knollys, signified hi 4 desire to place a painted window in the chancel of the beautiful church at Shireoak, near Worksop, in memory of its lamented founder. The present Duke of Newcastle has also expressed to the incumbent his intention of erecting a handsome reredos. These, with the two windows offered by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr 0 uvrey, the late Duke's solicitor, and two others to be raised by the parishioners, will form a noble memorial of one who was in lifo beloved, and is now in death deeply lamented, and will make the church at Shireoak one of the most beau tiful in Nottinghamshire. The Prince of Wales laid the first stone of the edifice on St Luke's day, 1861; the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Lincoln on October 1 4 , 1863; and the Duke died on the first anniversary, St. Luke's day, 1864, TESTIMONIAL TO THE CHIEF CLERK AT THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY STATION, READING.- A meeting of a very gratifying kind was held on Thursday evening at the large waiting-room of the Great Western Railway Station, Reading, for the purpose of presenting a valuable testimonial —subscribed for by upwards of 60 of the railway servants of that station—to Mr George Bland, for several years the chief cl e rk, w ho had discharged his duties in a manner which had won for him general respect from the railway officials and the travelling public, and who is about to remove to Paddington. The testimonial, consisting of a beautiful timepiece, a pair of elegant flower vases, and a chaste inkstand, was presented by Mr Harper. one and Mr Weightman, the g oo d s super intendent, of theendentinspectors,pe , and others connected with the li ne , b ore testi. . mony to the kindness of character and gentl eman l y conduct of Mr Bland. Mr Bland, in feeling terms, expressed his heartfelt thanks for the unexpected present; and after a veto of thanks had been presented to Mr Harper, and re peated cheers for Mr Bland, the meeting broke up. HOW TO GO MAD.-130 an editor; let tue devil be waiting for copy ; sit down to write an article, and get a few sentences done ; then let an acquaintance drop in and begin to tell you stories and gossip of the town; and let him sit, and sit, and sit. This is the quickest way we ce think of to go raving, distracted mad,—.A r cte York Herald SEASONABLE AlD.—The Pay mater. General has by the authority of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, paid to the treasurer of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray'e - inn-road, the sum of £375, being a portion of a bequest made by the late Madame de Lilly to her Majesty for the benefit of the poor of London. This liberal donation is indeed a practical recognition by the Crown of the great benefits conferred on the poor. through the agency of this excellent institution, the committee of management of which have had but recently to incur large liabilities in order to meet the daily increasibg demands of the sick poor on the funds of this hospital. THE LAW OF FINAL APPEAL IN CASES AFFECT. ING DOCTRINE.--The following rather curious announcement appears in the Church and 'State Review: "The Provisional Committee of the Association for Amend ment of the Law of Final Appeal in Cases Doctrine have agreed to promote petitions based upon the principle fol lowing--That for the time to come no Archbishop or Biehc-p have any place in the Court of Final Appeal, whether as member of the court or assessor; but that, iu cases affecting doctrine brought before the court, it is essential that the doctrine of the Church be declartd in terpreted and chewed' by rrierence to the spirituality," Shari 100 Sk 1 stock stook 20 stock 10 stook stook stock stock stook stook stook 20 stook stock stock stock Paid. all all all all all all 100 (100 100 ( 2 100 103 } 971 i 1031 loik i 101; ; 12: 1(3 i 92 1 1011 i 1071 T ~